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New Insights on Chronic Sinusitis for Primary Care Doctors

Facial pain. Nasal congestion. Postnasal drip. Fatigue. These are hallmark signs of chronic sinusitis, a swelling of tissue in the nasal and sinus cavity. The…

Studies and Analyses

Growing up without sibs doesn't hurt social skills

A study of more than 13,000 middle and high school students across the country found that “only children” were selected as friends by their schoolmates just as…

Studies and Analyses

Adolescent Obesity Rates Drop, But Racial Disparities Grow

The evidence of increasing racial disparities for obesity underscores the need for more tailored intervention programs and policies that target high-risk…

Earth Sciences

Extended Solar Minimum Linked to Changes in Sun's Conveyor Belt

The study was conducted by Mausumi Dikpati, Peter Gilman, and Giuliana de Toma, all scientists in the High Altitude Observatory at the National Center for…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Arsenic in Field Runoff Linked to Poultry Litter

Poultry producers have sometimes supplemented chicken feed with roxarsone, a compound containing arsenic, to control parasites and promote weight gain. Most of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Genetics Not Enough to Increase Wheat Production

The researchers, Robert A. Graybosch of USDA-ARS and C. James Peterson of Oregon State University, estimated that the average rate of genetic improvement in…

Life & Chemistry

Omics analysis nurtures the creation of functional plants

Masami Yokota HiraiTeam LeaderMetabolic Systems Research TeamMetabolomics Research DivisionRIKEN Plant Science CenterPlants produce a wide variety of…

Studies and Analyses

A lack of order

A growing body of experimental evidence is lending support to the theory that an exotic state of matter called a quantum spin liquid actually exists. In a…

Life & Chemistry

Creating a life-saving killer

Upon receiving the appropriate activating signal, natural killer T (NKT) cells live up to their name, releasing a torrent of molecules that trigger the…

Corporate News

Siemens Delivers RH Vacuum Degassing Plant to Rourkela Steel

The main functions of the RH degassing plant in the Rourkela Steel Works are the removal of hydrogen, forced decarburization and the chemical heating of the…

Life & Chemistry

Small-molecule inhibitor uncovers protein role in melanoma cell migration

Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute made the discovery by means of a small-molecule inhibitor they identified using a powerful new chemical…

Event News

International Symposium on Flexible Product Manufacturing

Which type of solar cell will become widely accepted? How can production costs be further reduced? How can the lifetime of flexible OLEDs, displays and solar…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights for Improved Fish Feeds from Gothenburg Research

Studies of fish by researcher Henrik Seth from the University of Gothenburg’s Department of Zoology have helped to increase our understanding of what happens…

Studies and Analyses

Involuntary Childlessness: New Insights on Emotional Impact

A thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates that people are more negatively affected than previously reported in studies of involuntary…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Disturbances Linked to Autism: Insights from Recent Study

Prestigious journal Nature is publishing an article co-authored by Christopher Gillberg of the Unit for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of…

Life & Chemistry

New Genes Linked to Aggressive Breast Cancer Uncovered

The results, published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, are based on analyses of breast tumours from 97 female breast cancer patients. Half of these…

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